Patented harpoon pins down whale age

Collaboration with Eskimo hunters shores up theory on long-lived whales.

A 100-year-old patented harpoon point, a dead bowhead whale and a unique collaboration between traditional hunters and scientists has helped to prove the theory that northern-latitude whales are among the world’s longest-lived mammals.

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Patented harpoon pins down whale age

Collaboration with Eskimo hunters shores up theory on long-lived whales.

A 100-year-old patented harpoon point, a dead bowhead whale and a unique collaboration between traditional hunters and scientists has helped to prove the theory that northern-latitude whales are among the world’s longest-lived mammals.

Read the story here.

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